The fight over Wisconsin’s minimum wage hit the streets again on Thursday. Two rallies led by the group “Fight for $15” brought minimum wage earners to the north side of Milwaukee to call for higher incomes.

Their demand was to more than double Wisconsin’s current minimum wage, which has stood at $7.25 per hour since 2009.

Among them was Martha Wallace, a domestic worker, who said she’s fighting for all domestic workers.

“Without a person cleaning, how are you going to go in the hospital?” Wallace said. “Without a restaurant, how are you going to eat? You know, (pay) the people what they need. Pay them what they want. A job's not welfare.”

Not everyone at the rally was a minimum wage earner, though. Jose Ginoria marched, saying he worked his way up to an $11 per hour wage at a restaurant.

“I’m a student at MATC. I go for mechanic,” he said. “Sometimes, I don’t have enough money, because I got to help my parents, because my dad is handicapped.”

Some Wisconsin lawmakers are against a big jump in the minimum wage. They believe it’s for entry level workers, and the focus should be on increasing skills.

“We’ve tried working on training development, skill development, vocational opportunities with legislation that we’ve worked on knowing that long-term, that’s really the answer,” said state Rep. Rob Hutton (R-Brookfield).

Fight for $15 organizers are hopeful that businesses will choose to raise their minimum wage pay on their own.